The Raider haters are out in full force. Mack is a stud. Hayden will be good after his “red-shirt” year. Justin Ellis in the 4th round was a solid pick-up. Tuck, Woodley have plenty left and Sio Moore and Nick Roach are solid. The Raiders have a chance to have a top 10 defense.

Arguably the best player in the draft and the safest pick, he is an NFL caliber startign LB either inside or out from day 1. Haters gonna hate? They will really hate this guy because there’s a good chance he is the Defensive Rookie of the Year. Nice.

I’ll be rooting for this guy just because of his story of how he got to the league.

albigverg says:May 15, 2014 4:29 PM

Mack is a beast on the field, but more importatly he is a hardworking blue collar type of guy. He’ couldnt be more different than McClain.. Humble hard working underdog. Solid draft by the overall by the Raiders.

I heard him on the Jim Rome Show and was extremely impressed. He talked about “leadership when nobody is watching”. He will lead from day 1 and the days of crackin’ heads is coming back.

turbo2728 says:May 15, 2014 4:51 PM

Good job rookie. Time to work.

justintuckrule says:May 15, 2014 4:54 PM

Raiders are my dark horse team to go worst to first (as there’s always one). This is it for Peyton. The arm is dead. Rivers, feh. KC…wins one year goes 5-11 the next.

Raiders built a nice little team led by my man, 2x SB Champ, Justin Tuck.

The league is better when the Raiders are good. I hope they make some noise.

aldavis4president says:May 15, 2014 4:59 PM

Everyone was getting sacks last year before the injures, Dennis Allen really knows his defense. MACK, Tuck, Smith, Moore, and Woodley will terrorize the afc west “competition”. Oh yeah, and cwood and tyvone roaming the field. Yup we’re in good shape my nation!! #RAIDERNATION

Everyone who says they have nothing around him has not seen who they’ve signed in the off season, forget Hayden really didn’t play, and forget their best safety, Branch, played one game last year. Plus after their first meeting, Alex Smith said what they were doing on defense really confused him. I’ll let the Chiefs fans decide if confusing Smith is difficult or not. Not saying it’s a Ravens like D, but it’s not “nothing.”

nflofficeadmin says:May 15, 2014 5:36 PM

Enter the Mack.

tformation says:May 15, 2014 5:38 PM

I don’t miss those rookie holdouts. I’ll tell you that. And Oakland probably misses them least of all.

I feel terrible for this kid. He could have been a good one, but instead is sent to the NFL’s Siberia.
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Mack was three years old the last time the Chiefs won a playoff game.

bassplucker says:May 15, 2014 6:56 PM

Somehow I cant help but think he will never be as good a player as he could have been if he had gone to another team. Seriously, when was the last time a Raiders 1st round pick just killed it in the NFL?

I feel terrible for this kid. He could have been a good one, but instead is sent to the NFL’s Siberia.
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Mack was three years old the last time the Chiefs won a playoff game.
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How old was he the last time the Raiders had a winning season?

raiderfan77 says:May 15, 2014 7:33 PM

Should be a good player, certainly a good draft pick at 5.

The team may well struggle again next year, however they should be much more competitive in games. Another good offseason and they should begin to truly see the fruit of the last few years’ rebuilding efforts.

nomoreseasontix says:May 15, 2014 7:43 PM

By all accounts a top-notch young guy.
I’m happy to have him.
Hope to watch him become a star…

Year one of the Reconstruction is off to a great start thanks to #SilverAndMack, who Mike Mayock had as the best overall play in the draft. The Raiders will field a much more competitive defense this year, and an improved power running game. Should be more fun to watch than the last two Deconstruction season. I don’t need to win the Super Bowl this year or anything – let’s just get the team going in the right direction, yeah? This is a good first start.

Raider fans and their over optimism and abundant ignorance are as clueless as they are annoying. You’d think that like 110 years w/out a winning season or whatever the streak is, they’d think about crawling before running.

Aww, Raiders fans are so cute! Get out those Halloween costumes! Raiders are EASILY going to get 3 or 4 wins this year! Reason to celebrate!
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One of those 3 or 4 is usually coming off the Chargers.

The Raiders D showed a lot of promise at the beginning of the season last year. Not surexwhy it collapsed again, but with this promising young player and a healthy Branch among others, hopefully they get it tirned around again.